the chalice and the blade

the quality of this recording is poor and this reduces the ease of the material

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Content 5, Audio quality 2

I read this book a long time ago. I loved the book, but I wanted to listen to the author read it.
The audio quality was terrible and made it difficult to listen to in a sustained way. If they cleaned it up, I would listen again. It's sad, because the content is very exciting as is her writing.

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Fascinating information

I found the information in this book very compelling and the author's reading was fine, but the audio quality made listening a bit of a chore. I found I had to focus my listening, which was fine for me, listening in the quiet of my own home, but which might be a problem if a more "active" kind of listening is planned. Great information, though, and I'm anxious to read more from this author. A wonderful book.

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Audio is BAD!

What disappointed you about The Chalice and the Blade?

The audio. It was really bad, like extremely bad, I want my money back bad. I have good a good headset, I cant even hear the words they are so slurred with low quality audio. I tried my really good speakers, same thing. I literally cannot understand this narrator at all, and thats not their fault.

Shame on you Audible, usually you do great things but this is unacceptable.

Any additional comments?

The audio was so bad I couldnt review the book as a whole because I couldnt even understand it. DO NOT waste your money on this. I will be getting mine back.

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Mind Opening and Insightful

What would have made The Chalice and the Blade better?

The sound quality was poor so if this was improved the book would be better.

Who was your favorite character and why?

The role of women in society and within the family over the ages is the main focus of the book and it was very interesting to understand how things have changed.

What does Riane Eisler bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?

Riane showed her passion about the subject as as always, I love to listen to books narrated by the author so that I can hear their passion in their voice.

What reaction did this book spark in you? Anger, sadness, disappointment?

The book made me happy and I had a sort of knowing that everything that Riane described was true. It makes so much sense, and the message is powerful.

Any additional comments?

This book is important and I highly recommend it. Riane has deeply researched this subject and it is comprehensive. It's message could help change how humans treat each other, and it could teach us to love each other as equals. I love the message.

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Why not whole book?

Why does this thing only offer the abridged ?

But of course it was amazing in any amoun

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Amazing Book, Poor Recording

The content is great, and the author, who also narrates, speaks clearly, but the chapters are not separated in Audible, so you can't go back to specific topics without knowing (or guessing) time stamps for when each book chapter started.

Sound quality needs help.

this is a hard read. it is written like a text book with a lot of facts, quotes, and historical information.. I usually welcome this unfortunately the reader is very difficult to understand. I do a lot of audio listening in my vehicle and to make out what is been read I have to have the volume extremely loud. The sound quality of recording need work. I am going to request my money back.

Audio was not good

It was almost impossible to understand. It was very muffled and hard to pick out any words.

Great content

The book was very interesting, but the audio quality was terrible. Overall a fascinating experience and worthwhile.